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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 01:53 AM
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The one car I could not find used was a V6 malibu. The off lease/rental 4 cylinder ones are all over the place for sale. I would take the 2011 over the 2010 cause of a few minor changes between the years.
 
Old Jan 6, 2012 | 01:58 AM
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Yeah, my parents have a 2009 Impala LS. They fixed most of the problems with the 3.5 in 09. Its a real nice car to drive..it has plenty of power, and has all the little things to make driving it pleasant. The only things I don't like are how stiff and uncomfortable the seats are, and the material in the dash..its really tough to clean right, and it just don't have that shine like the dash in the Century. I was looking at a 2008 Monte Carlo LT over christmas, and it was in real good shape, minus one rim that had some corrosion on it. I also test drove a 2008 Ford Fusion v6 before christmas, and was really pleased with that car..
 
Old Jan 6, 2012 | 02:05 AM
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The newer cars after 03 in general have rock hard seats. Cloth/leather seats are the same feel untill you apply conditioner/lotion to the leather. The best seats I felt were in the 03/04 Marauder. I could drive any kind of way and the passengers with still be sound asleep.
 
Old Jan 6, 2012 | 02:09 AM
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I take that back the best seats were in the "Starquest" A.K.A. Mitsu Starion/ Dodge Conquest. Now those were living room chairs custom fitted to car seat rails.
 
Old Jan 6, 2012 | 02:18 AM
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Haha I haven't been in either of those seats, but I love the seats in the Century. Even more, the 1991 Century we had when I was young. I had many naps in that car. haha. The seats in my Ranger were fairly firm, yet very supportive and very comfortable too. Then again, I can get comfortable anywhere. A couple years ago, when I first started university, we were moving furniture to my apartment (4 hours away), and I managed to fall asleep on the floor in the back seat of that Ranger. I'm about 6' and I was around 180lbs at that time. lol
 
Old Jan 6, 2012 | 02:59 AM
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You will have to visit a junk yard to find a starquest to sit in. Most the people I know that have em have a working one and 3 parts cars to keep that one on the road.
 
Old Jan 15, 2012 | 02:25 AM
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Snow came and took that idea out the window for the J Yard. Still didn't order the stuff yet cause i'm still torn on the mirror decal. Funny thing happened to me today when I was filling the washer fluid. The hood release cord froze in the open position leaving me to play around with it for 10 mins till it felt like acting right. Still managed to get to work 20 mins early My Life Is Average.
 
Old Jan 15, 2012 | 07:36 AM
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Did I say MLIA? I meant FML! I heard all kinds of folk tales rumors and myths. More like a rights of passage. After being in a heated garage for about 16 or so hrs I co home and this happened. Most the guys I know left them like that for 3/4 years.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...6/4c616aa3.jpg
 
Old Jan 15, 2012 | 01:32 PM
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Haha wow, that's terrible luck. I don't know how many J body cars I've seen like that..even a couple gp's, but never a Century/Regal.
 
Old Jan 15, 2012 | 04:33 PM
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They were working then all of a sudden the drivers side one went extremely far left I saw it out the drivers side window just over the mirror. When I turned them off the fell down like normal then returned straight up. Today when I woke up on the way to work I used them again and they returned back to the normal "Park Position" again.
 



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